The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jan 1 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘The –‘, William Blake’s counterpart poem to ‘The Tyger’ |
LAMB |
‘What you Will’, play by Shakespeare |
TWELFTHNIGHT |
— Bogguss, country singer/songwriter |
SUZY |
— Music, rock group with Bryan Ferry as the vocalist |
ROXY |
— Verasamy, ITV weather presenter |
LUCY |
Attack from the air |
STRAFE |
Campanologist in a church steeple or tower |
BELLRINGER |
Canal connecting Baltic and North Seas |
KIEL |
Christian festival on January 6th |
EPIPHANY |
Cymbeline’s daughter in Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’ |
IMOGEN |
Extremely large number |
GOOGOLPLEX |
Husband of Alcmene in Greek mythology |
AMPHITRYON |
Karl –, Hungarian sociologist, author of ‘Ideology and Utopia’ |
MANNHEIM |
Major Hebrew prophet |
ISAIAH |
Clues |
Answers |
Member of the highest social class |
ARISTOCRAT |
Native of north or west Scotland, a Gael |
HIGHLANDER |
New Year’s Eve in Scotland |
HOGMANAY |
Of the Church of England |
ANGLICAN |
Oriental dish using a swimming bird |
PEKINGDUCK |
Painted or mosaic image of Christ |
IKON |
Separate area in some churches |
LADYCHAPEL |
Sir — Bogarde, 1921-1999, English actor and novelist |
DIRK |
Strict demarcation barriers existing in different departments of a bank, etc |
CHINESEWALLS |
Subclass of marine Crustacea including the barnacles |
CIRRIPEDIA |
Times remembered with nostalgia in a Scottish song |
AULDLANGSYNE |
Try to ascertain probable reaction |
TESTTHEWATER |
Tyne –, actress in ‘Cagney and Lacy’ |
DALY |
Zoroastrian scriptures |
AVESTA |